This past weekend was the Monster-Mania Convention in Cherry Hill. Beth and I go to these regularly. For the first few, we went on all three days; but after a while they started only really having events on Saturdays, so there isn't a lot of point to going to the other days. For us, that is; other people go in order to meet celebrities and get ( Read more... )

We're finally moved out of our old apartment, but we haven't been able to get a new place yet, so we're staying at an Airbnb. Contrary to the name, it's actually underground. There's an abstract nude on the wall, and two copies of Ozma of Oz on the shelf (the owner's daughter apparently likes fantasy). We don't have everything sorted out yet, but ( Read more... )

Yesterday was Halloween, and we even got an extra witching hour thanks to the switch back from Daylight Savings Time. Well, technically, that hour was part of All Saints' Day, so maybe it should have been used for honoring extra saints. I like Halloween, but yesterday turned out to be a bit of a let-down for me. I didn't bother putting together a ( Read more... )

bethje and I were supposed to go to the doctor and get our IDs and voter registration switched over to New York, but I got a call a few hours ago saying that the doctor wasn't going to be in today. Since the doctor's office is near the motor vehicle department, we're just going to do them both on Wednesday. It's kind of a shame, as I'd wanted to get ( Read more... )

On Saturday, bethje and I went on our first haunted hayride of the year. This was the same one in Marlboro that we went on last year, and therealtavie and Sean came with us again. I have to say it was kind of disappointing, especially for fifteen dollars per person. There were a whole lot of haunted events at this place, and I have to wonder if they stretched ( Read more... )

Yesterday, I went into the city to meet Veronica, who was visiting New York. This was the first time we'd met in person, and she was easy to get along with. I'd actually met her on Tumblr, which is perhaps a little unusual. I follow so many people on there, and I haven't the slightest idea as to who most of them are. The few people I do know ( Read more... )

So, the Monster-Mania Convention was this past weekend, and bethje and I attended on Saturday as usual. The first panelist we saw was Anthony Michael Hall, who looks totally different now then he did in the eighties. I mean, obviously he's older, but I get the impression that he's also worked out a lot. Gunnar Hansen, who played Leatherface in the ( Read more... )

I've been spending too much time playing The Sims 3 recently. I guess it's not all that damaging to my life, since I still go to work and fulfill other obligations, but it's kind of a weird feeling when you've been playing for a long time and your eyes are tired of looking at the screen, yet you still don't particularly want to stop. Does that ( Read more... )

So let's see. bethje and I bought Valentine's Day presents for each other, but the ones for me didn't arrive until a few days later, and hers haven't arrived at all. Mind you, I take full responsibility for this, as I didn't order them until a few days after Valentine's. I actually just received an e-mail saying that UPS had attempted to deliver one ( Read more... )

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